Winter poultice is a traditional tonic in Chinese medicine. It is an internal Chinese medicine preparation made by decocting the medicine with water, removing the dregs and concentrating it, and adding auxiliary ingredients to collect the paste according to the individual’s constitution and symptoms. It can improve the balance of yin and yang of human body, adjust the qi and blood of internal organs, and has the characteristics of one cream for one person. It is suitable for children with chronic diseases and weak constitution, especially for children who need long-term Chinese medicine. What are the characteristics of paediatric poultices? Paste prescriptions for children usually treat diseases and tonic at the same time. As children are in the growth and development period, misuse of tonic medicines may lead to side effects such as indigestion and precocious puberty, therefore, poultice prescriptions for children mainly benefit qi and fix the surface, strengthen the spleen and stomach, calmly tonic yin and yang, and use mild medicines, avoiding large tonic and nourishing medicines. Supplementary ingredients are mostly lotus seeds, yam, walnuts, rock sugar and other foods, making the combination of medicine and food tonic, sweet and delicious, which children like to take. Is it suitable for my child to take poultices? Children belong to a special age group. Generally, normal and healthy children do not need to take poultices, and children with obesity and precocious puberty are not suitable for poultice treatment; while children with weak constitution and certain chronic diseases are suitable for poultice treatment during remission. Parents are advised to use the medicine under the guidance of a regular hospital physician. Children are prone to lung (colds, coughs, asthma, recurrent respiratory infections), spleen (diarrhea, food accumulation, anorexia, noma) and kidney (growth retardation, enuresis) diseases. If your child suffers from any of the above chronic or chronic illnesses, he or she may be at risk of developing a disease. If your child suffers from these chronic or recurrent illnesses and other illnesses and has a weak constitution, you can take poultices to benefit the lungs, strengthen the spleen and tonify the kidneys to reduce attacks and improve resistance. What are the effects of poultices? 1, reduce the number of attacks, such as asthma, recurrent respiratory tract infections, children can take the cream formula for one to two months to improve the physical condition. Enhance the anti-allergy ability and reduce the frequency of attacks. 2.Shorten the course of disease, such as anorexia, enuresis, growth retardation, etc., by the cream formula conditioning to strengthen the kidneys and bones, strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote growth and development, and significantly shorten the course of disease. 3.Reducing the symptoms of re-occurrence, still taking the example of episodic diseases, children with asthma and recurrent respiratory tract infections can obviously reduce the symptoms of re-occurrence after being treated with poultices. How to take poultices? It should be taken in the morning and half an hour before going to bed at night on an empty stomach, or one hour after meals if there is gastrointestinal discomfort. It should be noted that if the child has indigestion symptoms before taking the cream, he/she needs to take the “open road formula” first, and can take the cream only after the spleen and stomach function is restored. If fever, vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat, aggravated cough, frequent urination, etc. occur during the acute stage of the disease, suspend taking it until after it is cured or basically relieved. Avoid raw, cold, greasy, spicy and indigestible food, which may hinder the efficacy of the medicine. How to store the cream? Poultices do not contain preservatives and may become moldy if stored improperly. It is best to store it in a porcelain jar in a cool, dry place, such as a refrigerator or a room facing north. When you take the prescription every day, the spoon should be washed and dried to avoid mildew caused by water entering the medicine.